OREANDA-NEWS. April 8, 2011. BM&FBOVESPA announces March 2011 market performance. The month’s records: were co-location trading in the equities market securities lending, and trading volume in hydrous ethanol contracts.

In March, equities market transactions carried out through Direct Market Access (DMA) via co-location registered a record financial volume of BRL 5,393,162,000.00 and a record 812,733 trades. The previous records were BRL 4,221,936,000.00 and 697,943 trades in February.

Order routing via DMA in the equities market totaled BRL 103,595,987,000.00 and 11,085,640 trades, from BRL 112,414,576,000.00 and 11,604,668 the previous month.

Trading volumes per type of DMA in the equities market:

Traditional DMA – Volume of BRL 88,032,129,000.00 and 9,052,258 trades, against BRL 97,303,895,000.00 and 9,432,509 trades the previous month;

DMA via provider – Volume of BRL 834,123,000.00.00 and 48,817 trades, against BRL 857,324,000.00 and 54,236 trades the previous month.

In March, the total number of securities lending transactions reached a record 121,239 compared to 107,063 transactions in February. Financial volume was a record BRL 66.31 billion in March from the prior BRL 59.05 billion record in January. In February volume was BRL 48.37 billion.

Hydrous ethanol futures totaled a record 9,584 contracts, compared to the previous record of 6,130 in February.